A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Agent Orange Tattoo

Isidius writes, “three Agent Orange droplets, given to my father in Vietnam then passed on to me, my brother and my sister.” The tattoo was done by Amy at The Body Art Shop in — oh, no, not again — Adelaide, Australia.

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14 responses to “Agent Orange Tattoo”

  1. Morgan Avatar

    So this is a very cool tattoo…I guess it means a lot to me since I’m watching my father deteriorate daily due to his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. Thanks to Agent Orange, he has Parkinson’s Disease and Peripheral Neuropathy. It’s awesome that this person is memorializing the chemical that I’m sure has affected their life so profoundly. I love when tattoos have such a hard hitting background story!

  2. Morgan Avatar

    So this is a very cool tattoo…I guess it means a lot to me since I’m watching my father deteriorate daily due to his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. Thanks to Agent Orange, he has Parkinson’s Disease and Peripheral Neuropathy. It’s awesome that this person is memorializing the chemical that I’m sure has affected their life so profoundly. I love when tattoos have such a hard hitting background story!

  3. chel Avatar

    i LOVE the concept of this tattoo.. looks awesome too.

  4. chel Avatar

    i LOVE the concept of this tattoo.. looks awesome too.

  5. Jets Avatar

    I saw that on one of the tattoo pages and I’m glad it ended up here. It’s incredible.

  6. Jets Avatar

    I saw that on one of the tattoo pages and I’m glad it ended up here. It’s incredible.

  7. lala Avatar
    lala

    What is agent orange?

  8. lala Avatar
    lala

    What is agent orange?

  9. bmffght Avatar
    bmffght

    Agent Orange is the stuff the US Army sprayed in Vietnam to kill the forrests. Between 2.1 and 4.8 million people where sprayed there.

    To read more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_orange

    I couldn’t care less about the “vets” who also got it, they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

  10. bmffght Avatar
    bmffght

    Agent Orange is the stuff the US Army sprayed in Vietnam to kill the forrests. Between 2.1 and 4.8 million people where sprayed there.

    To read more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_orange

    I couldn’t care less about the “vets” who also got it, they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

  11. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    ~_0 word….
    bumffght is __________…..to many words to describe that kind of ignorance…~_0

  12. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    ~_0 word….
    bumffght is __________…..to many words to describe that kind of ignorance…~_0

  13. captainobvious Avatar
    captainobvious

    whoa, whoa, i’m an iraq vet and i just decided on my own rendition of this tattoo. and i’m totally against it, so don’t knock on war vets. we get fucked up in the head when we come home because we were trained to believe that it was the right thing at the time.

  14. captainobvious Avatar
    captainobvious

    whoa, whoa, i’m an iraq vet and i just decided on my own rendition of this tattoo. and i’m totally against it, so don’t knock on war vets. we get fucked up in the head when we come home because we were trained to believe that it was the right thing at the time.

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